Pulmonary Actinomycosis Associated with Endobronchial Vegetable Foreign Body.
10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.6.566
- Author:
Jong Hyun BAEK
1
;
Jang Hoon LEE
;
Myeong Su KIM
;
Jung Cheul LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Korea. heartljh@yumail.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung infection;
Lung surgery;
Foreign body;
Actinomycosis
- MeSH:
Actinomyces;
Actinomycosis*;
Bronchial Arteries;
Bronchiectasis;
Female;
Foreign Bodies*;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Radiography;
Thorax;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary;
Vegetables*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2014;47(6):566-568
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 51-year-old woman visited our hospital with massive hemoptysis. She had suffered from recurrent hemoptysis for five years and had undergone bronchial artery embolization many times. The patient had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis. Chest radiography showed consolidation around the nodule in the lateral basal segment of the right lower lobe. We successfully performed a right lower lobectomy. The histological study of the resected specimen showed a vegetable foreign body and clumps of Actinomyces, indicating actinomycosis, which was suggested to be the cause of the hemoptysis. This was a very rare case of hemoptysis caused by a vegetable foreign body and actinomycosis.
